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- Comment on They're unstoppable 3 hours ago:
That’s 50% more eyeballs than Krillin, and Tien has a nose. Plus, he can turn triangles into squares, now that I think about it. That math checks out.
- Comment on They're unstoppable 3 hours ago:
It’s a masterpiece of fan art. It’s the best way to watch that story, period.
Abridged Vegeta is my spirit animal.
Man has the personality of an ornery housecat. What’s not to love?
- Comment on They're unstoppable 10 hours ago:
I am not enough of an Otaku to have this debate to any sort of conclusion; I’ll take your word for it. I do have one question though: if we discount the Saiyan hybrids and androids, what puts Tien over the top?
- Comment on They're unstoppable 10 hours ago:
He’s still the strongest human alive. By Terrestrial standards, he’s indestructible.
- Comment on The emotional support dunkies 5 days ago:
If true, that would explain the pictures. That is the face of “I can’t deal with ::waves arms at everything:: this, right now.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The ability of some people to ironically self-label will always astound me.
- Comment on Life is unfair to landlords 1 week ago:
they would rather have it occupied and being paid than the tenants leave and the place sit empty.|
Small-time landlords (maybe what’s going on here) are also more sensitive to disruptions in cash-flow. That is, a tenant that can’t pay rent or is just tearing up the place. So it’s more desirable to retain a tenant that can keep paying, even if they’re not worth top-dollar to you.
I also just threw up in my mouth a bit while typing that out.
Once you get up to corporate scale however, I’m guessing that you just have a certain percentage of bad tenants no matter what you do. So part of your overhead is processing evictions and refurbishing units for new renters. As a result, it is less risky to squeeze everyone a little harder.
- Comment on i broke 1 week ago:
I got a lot of professional advice and guidance in the moment to kick the door to mindfulness wide open. I wish I could share any one thing specific to help anyone replicate the experience. I honestly think this kind of Gnostic awakening has to be tailored to the individual. Also, I was told I was a quick study at this - so sadly, it may take a long time to get there (months to years even).
One exercise we did that helped a lot was to have a discussion with your younger self, and explore what you would say knowing what you know now. Like with a lot of this stuff, the key is to verbalize - it’s fundamentally different than talking to yourself with your inner monologue. So you’re gonna need a close friend that you can share a LOT of deeply traumatic experiences. Fundamentally, this is what we pay counselors for: privacy, not judging, and helping to take out the trash. Group therapy may help here too - I have yet to try this, so YMMV.
On a more specific note, I used to be obsessed with root-cause-analysis for my own psychological problems. I almost got into an argument with my counselor over it, until he was able to help me see the light. You can absolutely figure out why and even how you got this way, but that information will absolutely not help you if you’re already in a safe space. It can help you break free of someone or a bad situation, but stuff that happened 30 years ago? Not so much. When you get down to it, there’s no “undo” button for trauma, no matter how much you know. Instead, one must look to the present, exercise mindfulness in the moment of anxiety and triggers, and practice walking your headspace back to a more rational place.
- Comment on Genius 1 week ago:
They hesitated, so there’s a chance.
I’d ask to have a conversation since I’m dead anyway - what do they have to lose? May as well go out amused.
- Comment on Stardew Valley creator says he might make Stardew Valley 2 1 week ago:
- Comment on New grill has been chosen! 1 week ago:
That’s… actually not too far from the mark. Ribs were on the menu for the Cardinal College, once upon a time.
- Comment on You might want to hose it off when you are done 1 week ago:
Yeah, just install bidet hoses next to all the toilets.
“Job’s done, boss.”
- Comment on Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings 1 week ago:
Copilot: What is my purpose?
User: You download and install Linux.
- Comment on Trump’s Social Media Surveillance: Social Scoring by Another Name 3 weeks ago:
These monsters crave power. They see oppressive regimes all over the world, stepping on people in a variety of ways, and think: “yeah, that’s the stuff.”
- Comment on woag 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Enshittification 1 month ago:
Now I’m wondering if there such a thing as a decentralized private company?
I’ve been thinking about this all week. I have no idea if that exists or not. A few things sprang to mind though:
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It might be possible to have lightweight companies that all adopt the same incorporation boilerplate, not unlike a computer operating system. That, in turn, would be developed by a distinct entity and would publish updates to improve said OS over time. So, open-source but for legal docs that matter. This would make companies unified in principle, but ultimately, distinct.
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It’s possible for companies to operate “at arm’s length” but still share useful information or coordinate towards similar goals. One must be well-versed in anti-trust law to do this though.
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A franchise is the only existing model I can think of that comes even close. But that’s still centralized. I suppose a non-profit parent company and for/non-profit franchise operations might come closer.
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- Comment on Virgin Physicists 1 month ago:
i did not know what all those bins of tiny electronic hobby parts were for, but I desperately wanted to learn.
From what I understand, prior to the personal computer boom of the 1980’s, HAM radio was kind of a big deal with nerds. The parts were there for all manner of electronics tinkering, but a big mainstay was building and modifying radios. Yeah, you had people tinkering with computers in the 1970’s too, but it was more niche (until it wasn’t).
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 1 month ago:
How… how do they not have a smooth on-ramp for what is basically a straight upgrade to the same service?!
- Comment on Enshittification 1 month ago:
I agree. The environment in which this must function is corrosive to the very idea, hence why I’m asking it openly here. It’s a pretty dense minefield.
I’m no lawyer, but I’ve mused a lot about some kind of legal “dead man switch” that somehow renders the company value-less if it deviated from the intended path. Something built into the company’s charter and founding documents, not unlike some kind of constitution.
- Comment on Enshittification 1 month ago:
Real question here: is it possible to walk all this back from the edge with more ethical companies? I’m thinking co-ops, Mondragon corps, union shops, etc. Basically build businesses that have motivations other than deepening the pockets of VC’s and the like, yet have some kind of growth trajectory (or federate with other corps) to gradually subsume the market.
I get that massive funding makes certain things possible, like disrupting the market, or aggressively buying your competitors. And yes, the company charter would have to be bulletproof against hostile takeover, buyouts, and enshitification, in order to go the distance. But is that really all it takes, or am I missing something huge here?
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 2 months ago:
The fact that Ask Jeeves isn’t an AI-only search engine is just beyond me. It was laughable that someone thought to personify a search engine 25 years ago, but now is pretty much the right time for that.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 2 months ago:
More than zero, which is too many for my taste.
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 2 months ago:
Membrane keyboards are really the worst. I completely understand wanting to cost-cut to get units into schools and into the hands of kids, but that’s too much. It’s like someone saw a speak-and-spell and said “that’s the ticket.”
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 2 months ago:
The 2600 depicted in the article thumbnail, was absolutely a beauty in its native environment of the late 1970’s:
- Comment on Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site 2 months ago:
It’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
- Comment on If we're living in a simulation, why would the simulation creators allow the sims to ponder and speculate whether or not they live in a simulation? 5 months ago:
Because that’s what people outside of a simulation would do.
- Comment on AND THEY DIDN'T STOP EATING 5 months ago:
- Comment on AND THEY DIDN'T STOP EATING 5 months ago:
I love that “Uh, guys?” is a real in-character reaction and moment in many episodes of SG1. This story easily could have been a plot in the show.
While Star Trek had these wonderful “this is why we explore the galaxy” moments, SG1 wasn’t afraid to place characters face-to-face with something or someone that would just erase existence or end humanity if the next moment wasn’t handled the right way.
- Comment on The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ 5 months ago:
For me, the cherry on top is how the “InfoWars” name is still completely apt, for completely different reasons.
- Comment on The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ 5 months ago:
I think there’s always going to be that group of people. Another example: folks that didn’t notice that The Colbert Report was satire.
